Ouch: Baby Alpaca in Rehab

Owner drives from Green Bay to Grayslake and back

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One little alpaca has had a very rough life, and he's only a month old.

Right from the start, the baby alpaca known as E.T. faced hardship. He was born upside-down and premature, said his owner Gordie Zachow, a Wisconsin farmer who owns 21 alpacas and houses nearly 100 more.

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Just four hours after E.T.'s birth, "he went into convulsions," Zachow told the Chicago Tribune. "His heart rate went way, way high. And he couldn't get up and go with the rest of the boys."

That's because his front legs were severely damaged, possibly because E.T.'s mother stepped on them.